Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, Feb 29 (IPS) – New plant diseases, attacks by occupation forces and escalating fuel prices are strangling farmers in Diyala province.
Prior to the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003, farmers in Baquba, the capital city of Diyala province 40 km northeast of Baghdad, struggled with plant diseases they believed were caused by bombs dropped during the U.S.-led war against Iraq in 1991.
Trees were infested…
